Combination rod and tubing fishing tool



Oct. 21, 1930. c. A. TOWNE COMBINATION ROD AND TUBING FISHING TOOL Filed Nov. 20, 1929 I. llllllullll C.A.TOWNE Attorney '5vsuckerrods.

p cminnns shows, or o LsHoiyrn' I ooivriamis'r onfnonhun Application fileatNovember 20,1929. 'fseri-ai uo. 4os 5s e. H I I zMyinven'tion relates to-oil field equipment ogrip pers'rather than thelugsrfllnthis eon-ff i v and more particularlyto' a'combinationfishnection it might. beWellto point Out "a minor ing tool. That is to say afishing tool which point.v .When the grippers' arepushed back 7 is capable [of "retrieving" either tubing or toward the plate, fdueto their'gripping action 1 1 l i :upon-a lostobject,zthe lugs, being tapered,f V I appreciate that it isold toioombine gripltend to creep. back:in- ',the undercutngrooves ping devices ina single tool so as tojperi'orm; fand in'so doing tend to pull in the walls of the aforesaid results; as shown by the patent the body. This is somewhat advantageous- "to Clulow, #1,4591,463, entitled, Fishing as the plate; althoughpractically integral.

. t ool dated April- 22; l924,and hence it is ;;with:'.the body, nevertheless is able to Wlll1- :55' 7 my desire to c'lfaimonly my improved and 's t'and CQIllPI'QSSlOIl"thBfGOII bGttBIftlIBJl tens mp fi d ons t o -w -31 n- J r a. a H features o'f'my fishing de- Another advantage which -I obtainis' due One ofthe mai V I H vice-isits strength' and ,sturdiness due to its to thelmanner'in which the gripping devices T one piecebody construction. Previous to my areinserted andheldfrom removal; en; 3 device it has been thepractice to formthe larging-the side opening, near-its top Ipp robody member of tools of this character out vide for the insertion of thegripping-devices'. V ofsevera-lp'arts Whichis objectionable dueto Gravity causes them to usually remain at the 7 ,the-ever present dange'rof the separation of-bottom of thetool and hence .there isno: V the bodywhenflunder. Working conditions. danger of losing them Whenthe tool .isin 5 l accomplished fromor'through an opening -;;ment: o thesicleopening However, previouslyg'ithad been ihought operationthe grippers may slideupand down necessaryto. have the body member in several and I prevent their egress by fastening a parts inorder to properly machine itbutf-I short bar-likeinember or tk ey 'to :the body have disfcoveredthatail machiningzmay' be memberso'as,t'o;protrudeacrosstheenlarge,

along the side ofthe tool. Q'Hence, I am able. Ctherob'ects of this inventio'n vvill beset to maintain an integralringlof virginimetal'j' forth in the following description andIdraW-' entirely around the operating end 'ofthe-tool, ingjwhi'c'hillustrates apreterred embodiment I The strength of the body is-further increased Qofi this invention,;it being understood that gol y Welding a, plate intothe side opening.-the xaboveggeneral statement is extended '1 Thisplate is of s uch sizeas to substantially "merely to generally explainthe saine 'and not close the opening gtoilimi't it'in anyn anner; "f

j The sideipla'te; only strengthens "the v 'InthEcli-aWin'g' body'memberbut'also provides a me'ansfor Figure 1;;is a vertical section through the 35 transmitting part or perhaps all of the strajins; preferredffo'rm of iny fishing tool; 2} 1 g due to the action o fthe gripperstothe body- [Figure 2' is'an elevation of-my fishing'tool v 1 member; "In other Wordsrthe plate backs with part of the plate broken'aw'ay in order up.othe"grippers; ,7 t'o clarifythe'showing. 1'

Grooves are out along the interior of the "F gure 3 islatop viewfof the fishing device. o go' body' member and servetoguide thelugs onf 1 igureo lis a'sideview ofthe convex grip- .85

. the grippingdevices. The grooves-are. un fper or'gripping'deviceY" dercut and the lugstaperedtofit therein and M Figure-5, s avlewin cross sctiontaken hence no separation can occur unless the lugs qalo'ngthe} linef5+5' of Figure 2. r v should be sheared off; ,And, obviously,;this Figure ,6 is an enlargedcross sectional View 7' i y as h plafie akesthe tr n io h ,ta enlal sstheinez6+6p Eigure2; l o

j-1,"7 7s,9es 1 'side opening and guiding means on either .side' of said gripping device adapted to be: h cooperably associated withoppoeed walls of the said bore. 7

7. A fishing tool of the charalctei described comprising an elongated integral body'memher having a bore extending upwardly from its bottom and through its 'side, gripping means slidably mounted Within said bore, and

plate means partly closing the side opening 7 it I and adaptedto abut the gripping means.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

CHARLES A. TOWNEL 

